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Positive grandparent

Annasopra · 2023-01-20 22:02:43

Reading this I found it so moving that a woman of 84 can be so accepting of her trans grandson. 👏👏👏

20-01-2023 11:02pm

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Annasopra

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Reading this I found it so moving that a woman of 84 can be so accepting of her trans grandson. 👏👏👏

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41053517.html

It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
Terry Pratchet

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#2 20-01-2023 11:04pm

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Not another of these threads???

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Nope not another. This is about a positive response.

It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
Terry Pratchet

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#4 21-01-2023 9:38am

Annasopra

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Good to see a supportive Sister too

https://gcn.ie/mary-lou-mcdonald-support-trans-sibling/?mc_cid=5070c60ece&mc_eid=44fd311251

It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
Terry Pratchet

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